[a moment] to consider not being a fool

[moment 91]

It's April Fool's Day, in case you didn't realize. You have been warned.

When the kids were little, we made brownies for breakfast - brown e's in a pyrex baking dish for the children or exclaimed that there are bees in the bathroom to fool Daddy (construction paper letter Bs). There were actual brownies as well...no worries! Harmless, punny fun.

But please don't be cruel this April first. Please don't announce a pregnancy that isn't real ... or a fake illness or engagement or anything of the sort. Don't profess your love for someone you don't love or tell your partner you're cheating on them or fake a break up with someone. Don't play with people's emotions or prey on their deepest fears. No fake winning lotto tickets or fake creepy crawlies.

It just isn't funny. 

And I'm sure you can come up with much more creative, much kinder pranks. 

Order so many pizzas and have them delivered to a fire station or police station or young adult living on their own...or me because here are so many teenagers/young adults in this house and gluten free pizzas are expensive and I really don't feel like making dinner tonight. (Just kidding ... kinda.)

While your kids/parents are out of the house or otherwise occupied, transfer the mayonnaise from the jar to another container and then fill the mayo jar with vanilla pudding. When your kids/parents are around, grab a spoon and the jar of "mayo" and eat it in front of them. (Damnit ... now I want pudding...)

Put a sign on your front door that says "please use other door." Do the same on your back door. And any other door into / out of your house. 

I'm sure you can come up with more. Just ... please ... be kind.